Error installing “Windows 7 service pack 1”, code 80200053

This entry was published on Saturday, February 26, 2011
Troubleshooting Windows 7

Microsoft recently released the Service Pack 1 for Windows 7. When installing this through Windows Update it would keep failing and give me “code 80200053.” After looking around for a bit I found a solution that fixed this.

  1. Go to the Start menu and type “services.msc” and press enter.
  2. Find “Windows Update” service, right click on it and click “Restart.”
  3. Go to the Start menu and type “Windows Update” and try installing the service pack.
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